Hailing from the Similkameen Valley, Les holds a Diploma in Fine Arts from Okanagan University College in Kelowna in addition to an Associates Degree in Fine Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. An artist of many mediums, from drawing, painting jewelry, and photography to ceramic sculpture, Les has recently found a new passion expressing his interpretation of the traditional pictograph images found throughout his Traditional Territory of the Okanagan.